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TILTING AND REOLINING CHAIR. No. 366,514. Patented July 12, 1887.

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TILTING AND REOLI NING CHAIR.

Patented July 12, 1887.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

SANFORD G. SCARRITT AND JOHN H. MOSLEY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; SAIDMOSLEY ASSIGNOR TO SAID SOARRITT.

TILTING AND RECLINING CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,514, dated July 121887.

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To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, SANFORD G. SOARRITT and JOHN H. MOsLEY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tilting and RecliningChairs; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of our invention is to secure, in combination, atilting andreclining chair provided with an adjustable head-rest.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of itsseveral operative parts, as will be hereinafter shown and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of our improved chair inits normal position, showing foot-rest attachment thereon. Fig. 2 is afront elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the seat tilted,theback inclined, headrest thro-wn forward, and foot and leg restsextended. Fig. t is a top plan view of the seat-frame with back and armsremoved, showing foot and leg rests extended. Fig. 5 is an enlarged viewshowing in detail the head-rest and operating parts connected therewith.Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the standard which supports the back andthe rightingspring connected therewith. Fig. 7 is a detached perspectiveview of the leg-rest and connecting parts. Fig. 8 is a detail view ofthe base of the chair, showing segmental rack and the seat-frame dog,which engages therewith. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail view ofpiv otedarm-standards and operating parts connected therewith, drawn on line 9 9of Fig. 10. Fig. 10 is a vertical section of a portion of thearm-standard and connecting parts, drawn on line 10 10 of Fig. 9. Fig.11. is an enlarged detail plan of a portion of the seat-frame, showingthe rack and the lever carried by the transverse shaft.

Like figures indicate like parts.

1 is the base of the chair, having connected therewith vertical post 4.The hub 6, to which supportingarms 7 are rigidly attached, has a rotarymovement on the vertical post, said post forming the pivotal center ofthe chair.

The seat frame 13 is pivoted 'on each side to the supporting-arms, so asto permit the tilting of the seat. The arm-standards 26 are pivoted atthe same point. These standards are capable of being inclined rearward,and support the forward ends of the arm-rests 30, the other end of therests being curved upward and pivoted to the chair-back 32. This back isconnected with the scatframe by means of transverse rod 36, passingthrough standards 34 and cars 38, the standards being secured to theseat-frame and the ears to the base of the chair-back. Therighting-spring 37 is spirally wound around the transverse rod, one endof the spring being secured to the standards by tension-collars thereon,the other end resting against the rear of the chairback at its base.

The head-rest 39 is pivoted above the line of its center longitudinallybetween the extension-pieces 40, secured to the chair-back 82, and isoperated by arm-rest 30, through the connecting link 41, said link beingpivoted to the'end and lower part of the head-rest and to the rear endof the arm-rest, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5.

The arm-rests are pivoted at one end to the upper part of the standards26 and at the other end to supporting-brackets attached to andprojecting forward from the side bars of the chair-back, a portion ofthe arm-rests extending beyond the bracket pivot, forming therebyalever-arm, to which the head-rest is connected by links 41. It willbeseen that this construction is an improvement over that shown in Patent337,521, issued to Sanford G. Scarritt May 9, 1886, as the pivoting ofthe arm-rests to the projecting brackets carries the pivotal point onsaid brackets when the back is inclined relatively above the point ofintersection of the side bars of the back and the aria rests when bothare in their normal position. we thus retain the level of the arm-restswhen the back is inclined, secure the desired movement of the head-rest,and prevent any portion the rack-bar.

of the lever-arm or connecting-link thereon from projecting beyondthe'rear line of the chair-back, and this with shorter arm-rests andconnecting links than have been hitherto used for a like purpose.

The leg-rest 20, provided with hinged leaf 23, has ,a back-and-forthsliding movement on flanged slides 17, through supporting-lugs 21. Theslides are provided with rack-bar 19, the locking-lugs 22 being held inengagement therewith by the tendency downward of the free or front endof the leg-rest.

The extension of the leg-rest is effected by slightly elevating thefront end, thus lowering the locking-lugs below the line of the teeth of\Vhen in this position, the rest can easily be drawn out. The outer orfront ends of the slides have a slight curvature downward, so as toprovide for the necessary inclination of the leg'rest when extended, asshown in Fig. '3. These slides may be secured to the under side of theseat-frame in any approved rnanner.

The foot-rest 10 is preferably made to fold upon itself. It is pivotedto the two-faced rack-arm 9 on hub 6. The desired position of thefoot-rest on this rack-arm is secured by means of dog 11, held inengagement with the rack-teeth by spring 12.

The seat-frame is pivoted between the supporting-arms 7, and held inposition by the engagement of dog 15 with the upper teeth on the raekarm9. The seatris tilted by pressing down on lever 16, fulcrumed onthesupporti ng-arms 7. By this means the free end of the dog arm, whichengages with the lever, is lifted and the dog carried out of engagement.

The arm-standards and chair-back are locked in position by spring-dog 27,engaging with the segmental-rack 28, rigidly attached to the seatframe.The engaging end of the dog is provided with a recess or slot, intowhich the lever 24,'carricd on shaft 25, rests. The shaft having asimilar lever at its opposite end, the lifting of the dog by knob 29 oneither side of the chair carries both dogs at the same time out ofengagement and allows the arm standards and back to be inclined.

What we claim as new, and for which we ask Letters Patent of theUnitedStates, is-

1. The combination, with a seat-fraine, of a hinged back, said backprovided with supporting-brackets 42, attached to and projecting forwardfrom the side bars of said back, arm-standards. pivoted at their lowerend to the front part of said seat-frame,arrn-rests pivoted at oneend tothe upper part of the armstandards and at the other end to theprojecting brackets 42, a portion of said arm-rests extending beyond thepivotal point on the brackets, forming a lever end thereby, a headrestpivoted between the upper ends of the side bars of the chair-back, andconnecting-links pivoted at each end to the head-rest and the lever endsof the arm-rests, respectively, substantially as set forth anddescribed.

2. The combination, with a seat-frame, of a hinged back, said backprovided with brackets 42, attached to and projecting from the side barsof said back, as shown and described, arm-standards pivoted at theirlower end to each side of the front part of the seat-frame,

arxn-rests pivoted at one end to the upper part of said standards and atthe other end to the projecting brackets 42,21 portion of the arm-restextending beyond the pivotal point on the brackets, forming a lever endthereon, a headrest pivoted between the extension ends of the upperportion of the side bars of thechairback, connecting-links pivoted tothe headrest and the lever ends of the arm-rests, and means for lockingthe pivot-ed standards and chair-back in their normal and inclinedpositions, substantially as set forth.

lever end thereon, a head-rest pivoted between the upper extension endsof the side bars of the chair-back, connecting-links pivoted to theheadrest and lever ends of the arm-rests, respectively, and means,substantially as set 'forth and described, for holding the chairback,the pivoted arn1-stan(lards,and the tilting seat in their normal orinclined positions.

4. The combination, with a seat-frame, of slides 17, slightlycurvingdownward at their front ends and provided with ratchet-teeth 19,leg-rest 20, having folding leaf 23, supportinglngs 21, and locking-lugs22, arranged and operating substantially as setforthand described.

5. The combination, with a seatframe of supporting-arms 7, pivotedthereto, hub 6, base 1, supporting vertical post 4, pivoted dog .15,lifting-lever 16, double-face rack-bar 9, and

foot-rest 10, pivoted to the free end of said,

rack-bar and provided with dog 11 and spring 12, substantially asset'forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

' SANFORD G. SOARRITT. JOHN H. MOSLEY. WVitnesses: STEPHEN SULLIVAN,FREDERICK W. HUNN.

